Machine for making horseshoes



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' J. RIGBY & J. W. GORSUOH.

MACHINE FOR MAKING HORSESHOES.

No. 306,285. Patented 0 01:. 7, 1884.

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Nrrnn Sterne .a'rnnr MACHINE FOR MAKING HORSESHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,285, dated October'7, 1884.

Application filed March 8, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J osnrrr Rider and JOHN XV. Gonsuorr, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of Franklin andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorseshoe-Machines, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to that class of machines used by blacksmiths toassist in forming horseshoes by hand, and it has for its object to bendthe straight blanks into the form of horseshoes and to guide thepritchel in punching the nail-holes.

To this end our invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts forming a horseshoe machine, hereinafter de scribed andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whicl1-Figure 1 is a plan :view of my invention and a horseshoe-blank thereinready to be formed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same after bendingthe shoe, a portion being broken away; and Fig. 3 isa longitudinalvertical see tion of the same.

A represents the body, consisting of an iron casting to be fastened upona block or work bench.

B is the former, around whose central portion, a, the shoe-blank O is tobe bent. b is a flange of said former, projecting over the shoulder a tohold the blank 0 down, and to prevent its being twisted or warped inbending.

The body A is centrally perforated with an elongated hole, 0, to admit aT-headed bolt, 1), which passes up through the former l3, and isprovided with a knob or handle, by which it may be turned to engage itsT-head with the body beside the hole, to hold the former B down inplace. 7

cl represents a rectangular projection on the under side of the formerl3, and e ctwo dowel-s therein, adapted to engage openings ofcorresponding form in the bodyAto keep the former from turning on itscentral bolt when force is applied to bend the iron upon it.

E is a projection of the body just far enough from the shoulder a of theformer B to admit the straight blank 0 between.

F F are two hand-levers, pivoted at f to the body A, to swing to andfrom the former B for the purpose of bending the straight blank shown inFig. 1 to the proper horseshoe form. To this end the inner edges of levers F are curved to correspond to the form of the outside of ahorseshoe.

G Grepresent two movable plates, pivoted at f to swing hack free of thelevers F. Vhen in place, as shown in Fig. 1, they project slightlywithin the curve of the levers. The object of this is, first, to keepthe blank from rising above the levers while being bent; second, to beswing back out of the way after the shoe is formed, so that the pritchelmay be introduced to punch the nail-holes.

Tov guide the pritchel, notches h are pro vided in the edges of theflange of the former.

The outer ends of the plates G are prevented from rising away from thelevers Fby being lot into them under shelves 7;. The plates G do not actedgewise against the blank; but the blank, pressing up against theirunder side, causes them to bind at their outer ends under the shelves7." enough to be kept in place while in use.

To remove the shoe from the former, loosen the bolt D and raise theformer from the body A, leaving the shoe free.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination, with the body A, p to vided with the projection E,and the former B,ren1ovably secured to the body, of the le vers F,pivoted to the body opposite to the middle of the curve of the former13, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the body A, having an elongated hole, 0, and aT-headed bolt titted thereto and provided with a knob, of the former B,having the shoulder a. and the projecting flange b, as shown anddescribed.

3. The former B, having the shoulder a, the flange b, projecting beyondthe shoulder, and the notches h in the edge of the flange, as shown anddescribed.

4. The combination, with the levers F, shaped to the form of ahorseshoe, and provided with the shelves 7.:, of the plates G, pivotedto swing above the levers, and shaped to engage the said shelves, asshown and de scribed. v

JOSEPH RIGBY. JOHN lV. GORSUOH. Witnesses:

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